243: Longtermism - The New Battle Cry for Short-Term Options Traders

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of a long-term mindset in short-term options trading to achieve sustainable success.

Short-term trading moves fast—but without a long-term mindset, it often leads to burnout, overtrading, and inconsistency. This episode explores why sustainable success in short-term options trading depends on thinking far beyond individual trades. It introduces the concept of longtermism and explains how focusing on process, risk management, and systems can dramatically change outcomes. Learn why dopamine-driven decision-making is dangerous, how automation and rules reduce emotional pre...

People in this episode

Host: Kirk Du Plessis

Topics covered

• short-term trading
• longtermism
• risk management
• emotional decision-making
• automation
• sustainable success

Keywords

• short-term trading
• longtermism
• risk management
• emotional decision-making
• automation
• options trading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Option Alpha, short-term options trading, longtermism

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